Notice to Readers
Publication of Summary of Notifiable Diseases -- United States,
1996
CDC has released the Summary of Notifiable Diseases, United
States, 1996 (1). This publication contains summary tables of the
official statistics for the reported occurrence of notifiable
infectious diseases during 1996, which are compiled from reports to
CDC's National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System. Data for
1996 are presented in tables by month; geographic location; and
patient sex, age, and race/ ethnicity, and in maps and charts for
many conditions. Also included are a brief history of notifiable
disease reporting, highlights of important developments in the
reported occurrences of selected notifiable and non-notifiable
diseases, data from the Public Health Laboratory Information
System, and short statements under each map or graph that
underscore important public health messages. Tables presenting
historical notifiable disease data since 1967 also are included, as
is a table on deaths associated with specified notifiable diseases
reported to CDC's National Center for Health Statistics.
The Summary of Notifiable Diseases, United States, 1996, is
available from CDC's World-Wide Web site at
http://www.cdc.gov/epo/mmwr/mmwr_snd.html.
Reference
CDC. Summary of notifiable diseases, United States, 1996. MMWR
1996;45(no. 53).
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